How can a manufacturer of OPGW cables ensure better transmission?

A lot is written about OPGW cables and why transmission companies should use this kind of cables. However, it also needs to be understood why the OPGW cables have become so popular with the power transmission companies. The OPGW cables are the present and also the future of power transmission in India. What makes the OPGW special? The fact that these cables can play a dual role is the biggest feature and benefit of using these cables. The basic use of these cables is same as any other grounding cable. However, the special tubular form within the cable which contains the optical fibres enables it to be used for telecommunications too.

What makes OPGW cables special?

Power generation and transmission companies always face the challenge of losing out on electricity during transfer from the source of generation to the end user and it is the quality of cables which is responsible for these losses. Cables have helped in lessening this loss to a great extent and thus it finds favour from the power generation and transmission companies. A manufacturer of OPGW cables is capable of creating an opportunity for the power transmission companies to generate extra revenue from the resources at their disposal. Every company likes to make the optimal use of its resources to maximise the revenue it generates and OPGW cables have dual functionality. Thus the transmission company can lease out these lines to telecom companies and generate extra revenue from the same infrastructure. These two factors combine together to make cables special.

Advantages of OPGW cables

• Faster transmission with minimal loss of data for telecom companies.
• Lighter and strong enough to withstand harsh weather conditions.
• Source of secondary income for power transmission companies.
• Safer and more conducive in the event of lightning and thus saves the power line from getting damaged.
• Cost-efficient for telecom companies to use OPGW than getting the optical fibre lines to be laid underground.
• Takes lesser time to be installed as compared to the task of underground cabling of optical fibre lines.
• Extends the reach of telecom companies to the remotest areas in our country.

A manufacturer of OPGW cables does not manufacture cables of only one type or kind but of varied kinds to suit the needs of transmission companies of all sizes. This gives them the advantage of being capable of catering to the needs of all the telecom services. The cables are of many types however the major difference is only in the number of optical fibre strands in the tube within the cable. The outer material or the electricity conductor is mostly aluminium although the density of strands varies depending on the use of the cable. If the cables are meant for long distance transmission of high voltage electricity, then the density is high. And if the power needs to be transmitted from local substation to the end user then the density of the cable is less. Based on the need of a transmission company it can procure the cables which meet the demands of its business model. It will be safe to say that the OPGW cables have improved the efficiency of power transmission as well as telecommunications.

Sterlite Power Transmission Ltd. (Sterlite Power) is India’s leading power transmission company. Sharing lineage with the LSE-listed Vedanta Group, Sterlite Power is driven by its core purpose of “Empowering humanity by addressing the toughest challe